The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-06-15
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Temperance. -Temperanc is self-fu-
straint. II is moderation, not running to
excess. And this applies to every pas.
sion, desire and appetite of the human be-
ing. 1t applies also to those things only
which are proper and right. The least
indulgence, however temperate It may be,
in things unlawful, improper, wrong, Is
sinful.
The Apostle says that every one who
''strives for the mastery is temperate In
all things"
Hence we observe that temperance is
not total abstinence, which is to abstain In
every possible way from INDUCING in any
thing which may be injurious to our
selves, or to others; or because we are
conscentiously opposed to it on moral
grounds, even tho 1t may not be an
evil 10 itself. One man drinks glass of
wine day, another refuses to drink any,
both are temperance men, but only one is
total d5stdiaer.
tionists Prohibition as it now rings
through the air, means the sweeping
away Of all breweries and distilleries, and
the preventing of any one manufacturing
any more intox cating beverages as an ar
ticle of commerce. The man who is a
total abstainer, and the man who drinks
bis glass of wine every day, may both be
honest and earnest prohibitionists, and
work effectually for the cause. II
press the juice from my grapes or cur
rants and let it ferment and become wine,
and drink each day "a little for my stom-
ach's sake,'' that is something with which
prohibition has nothing to do. That is
my liberty of conscience with which
neither the chnrch nor the state has any
right to interfere.
Woman Suffrage. Tho great cry OF the
day Is, that the panacea for all the evils
flowing from intemperanco, is to be found
ia Woman's Suffrage. Give woman the
ballot and in very short time this mon
ster iniquity will soon be swept from our
land, and the 5000, 900, 900 year that 90
down the threats Of the beer and wbiskey-
guzzlers, will be saved for bread and but
ter, and other necessities of life, besides
making many happy homes. But is this
true? Would the universal vote Of woman
be against the saloon, against license, and
in favor of prohibition Let us see. Three
years ago, there was an exciting political
canvass. Three parties were prominent
in the field. The Prohibition party was
very small affair, although it made a
prodigious amount Of noise The other
two parties were about equally divided
and were not the women equally divided
with them And did not each woman
yell for her favorite? Did they all flock
to the prohibition cause and hang out the
prohibition banner ? Not much Now
here was a glorious chance for woman to
show what she would do II she bad a
right to vote. But she failed. She has
been weighed in the balances and found
/ wanting. As she bad no voice in the
election, her advocating one Of the politi.
cal candidates was Of no consequence, and
hence II she really had the prohibition
cause at heart, IL 1t Is so very dear to her
as she says 1t is, would she not have flock.
ed to Its standard ? Yea, verify, but she
failed. Of what account was it to hei
which Of the other candidates was elect
cd? her cause was prohibition.
And moreover, any woman who can ad-
vocats the election Of libertine to the
! highest office within the gift of the peo-